While the hours of snow and rain Thursday disrupted life for just about everyone, the timing of the storm was perhaps worst for local florists, this being one of the busiest and most lucrative times of their year.

The heavy storm added new challenges to Valentine's Day preparations. But most florists were determined not to let the precipitation dampen the holiday.

James McArdle, of McArdle's Florist and Garden Center in Greenwich, said they compensated for the snow Thursday by having a full fleet of drivers with trucks that could take on this type of storm.

"It definitely hinders the travel and speed but we have all-wheel-drive vehicles capable of getting through," said McArdle. "We made a few deliveries this morning and had a few trucks out, we are doing our best and tomorrow we will be back at it again, hopefully in better conditions."

At Winston Flowers on Greenwich Avenue, store manager Julie Sullivan began planning storm/Valentine's logistics early in the week.

"We were well prepared," she said Thursday. "Everything is running smoothly so far. The first thing I did for my designers was to make sure we had plenty of coffee. I got that at 7 a.m."